Three hours later, with a 6mm stone confirmed, he was admitted. He was also put on a clear liquid diet and lots of meds, both for pain and for infection.
All day today, he was in miserable pain, was hungry, and was frustrated that his stone wasn't going anywhere fast.
This evening, around 8pm, the urologist stopped by. He said that he measured the stone in two different directions. Latitudinally, its 6.6mm; longitudinally, its 8.2mm. Apparently, that's pretty darn big for a 'passable' stone. In the picture above, that stone is considered to be 5mm wide. So, Jeff's is bigger than that. But the urologist wants to give Jeff one more day to pass it on his own. Then, he's going in after it...first thing Wednesday morning. Oooooh, Jeff was not happy to hear this.
One good thing is that Jeff was put back on a regular diet, as opposed to the liquid diet that kept him ravenous all day long.
Second good thing, after several different heavy-duty meds, they finally found something to take the edge off the pain and allow Jeff to sleep. Dilaudid. According to the nurse, it's five times as strong as morphine.
And even though both of those things were nearly enough to make Jeff actually smile this evening, they did NOTHING to comfort him after the doctor explained to him what was actually going to happen Wednesday morning. Thankfully, he'll be under general anesthesia. Unfortunately, the stint they're going to leave behind will be somewhat uncomfortable for a few days.
If you remember, Jeff suffered from kidney stone pain and the associated pain meds when school started. And the result was not pretty. Now he's finishing his senior year the same way. So, please say a prayer (or two, or ten!) that we can find a way to lessen the pain and discomfort enough so that Jeff can accomplish everything he needs to in order to graduate.
4 comments:
Don't know you, but saw your blip on SITS and wanted to send my love. So sorry that you have to watch your son go through this. My Dad and my next door neighbor both suffer from these frequently, and they are TERRIBLE!!! Prayers are already said and en route. Hope they pass quickly and that his body stops making these little tribulations.
Bloggy love to you,
Trish
JEff will be in my prayers =)
you got it sister!
That poor kid! Have they analyzed any of the stones to see what their composition is and what might help to keep them from returning?
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